Attachment for writing-desks



v(No Model.)

E. LEMBERGER.

ATTACHMENT TORWRITING DEeKs.

No. 411,456. Patented Sept. 24, 1889- @W5/Wm.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFEicE.

EDl/VARD LEMBERGER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

ATTACHMENT FOR WRITING-DESKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,456, datedSeptember 24, 1889.

Application iiled December 29, 1888. Serial No. 294,932. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD LEMBERGER, aveitizen of the United States,residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in an Attachment forlVriting- Desks; and I do hereby declare that the followingis afull,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,.reference being had to the accom panyin g drawings, and to the lettersof reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an appendage for writing-desks of the characterdesigned to contain a dampened sponge, a wiping-elotl1, and pen-holders,pencils, the., being especially adapted for school purposes.

The object of my invention is to provide an appendage that shall beinexpensive in construction, convenient to attach, and that shall form aconvenient receptacle for the articles referred to, having especialreference to the sponge-receptacle and means for retaining the moisturetherein.

In Letters Patent No. 887,082, granted to me July 81, 1888, I havedescribed a device for containing a sponge, wiping-cloth, pen-holders,dac.; and the present invention is an improvement on the same.

The invention consists in the parts and com bination of partshereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a complete appendage.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of thesponge-receptacle on line a' Fig. 2. Fig. 4t is a detail view of thetelescopic top to the sponge-receptacle.

In the Letters Patent above referred to there is described and shown inconnection with a suspended receptacle for pencils, the., a horizontalcoil for the reception of a wiping-cloth and an open -top receptacle forsponge.

My present invention relates not only to lessening the expense ofconstruction, but to an improved form of sponge-receptacle, whereby thesponge, when dampened, will retain the moisture for a considerablelength of time.

A designates a wire bent at or near the center to form a hanger B forthe reception of a screw or nail, by which to suspend the receptacle 'tothe desk. The wires are separated at this point and bent in semicircularform, the wire C forming the portion of a semicircle at the right andthe wire D the semicircle at the left side, respectively, the two nearlydescribing a circle, as indicated at E, into which is placed acylindrical receptacle F, provided with overlapping edges G, whichengage with the wires and suspend the receptacle therefrom, and intowhich is placed an inner sponge receptacle Ii", preferably of glass.Wire C is extended to nearly a semicircle, and is then turned at rightangles and extended downwardly to a pointbelow the bottom of thesponge-receptacle, Where it is formed into a coil ll of a suitablediameter to receive a desired number of pen-holders, pencils, dsc., thebottom of the coil being closed by any suitable disk secured therein.lVire D forms substantially a semicircle, and is then formed into adepending coil l, preferably of greater diameter than coil II, and formsa convenient receptacle for a wipingcloth. y

K designates a cylinder of a diameter to allow the same to move easilywithin spongereceptacle F. The top of said cylinder is provided withforaminous covering K', preferably wire-gauze, for a purpose hereinafterstated.

In operation, the appendage being secured in proper position, amoistened sponge L is placed within receptacle F and the telescoping topK placed within the receptacle, the top K resting upon the sponge, andby the gravity thereof causing the fora-minous covering to presssufficiently upon the moistened sponge to require but a slightdepression to cause the moisture to rise through the interstices when itis desired to dampen a cloth, and quickly rising from the depressedposition by reason of the resiliency of the sponge. The covering Kprevents to a great degree the evaporation of moisture in the sponge,thereby obviating the necessity of meistening the same as frequently asis necessaryin an open-top receptacle, as the weight of the top upon thesponge tends to close the pores ICO of the sponge, and thereby excludeair therevided Wit-h a teleseoping top portion having from. .aforarninous Covering, as and for the purpose What I claim, and desire tosecure by Letset forth. ters Patent is- In testimony that I claim theforegoing as 15 5 l. The herein-described appendage t0 a my own I herebyaffix my signature in presdesk, consisting of two depending coils andence of tWo Witnesses. a sponge-receptacle having a telesooping p0rtionprovided With a foraminous covering, as EDWARD LEMBERGER' and for thepurpose set forth. Vitnesses:

zo 2. In an appendage to a desk, in oomhina- WILLIAM WEBSTER,

tion with a hanger, a sponge-reoeptacle pro- CARROLL J. VEBSTER.

